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MacBook Pro 2011 17" hard freeze

Overheat? The fans revved and suddenly I could use nothing but the cursor. Had to hold down the power switch to kill all and then re-power & startup. I wasn't doing anything unusual, but I had 7 apps open and was amid an auto-backup to TimeMachine.

Just a little disillusioned and concerned, wondering if anyone else there has experienced a hard freeze like this.

macbook pro 17" 2011, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 1, 2011 11:15 AM

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shishlik

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Apr 6, 2011 8:06 AM in response to kron-dox

Ok i do and i say what will happen

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shishlik

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Apr 6, 2011 8:49 AM in response to shishlik

It didn't crash 68 seconds on Ultra GPU.....

shishlik

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Apr 6, 2011 12:21 PM in response to NemesysSoft

Thats because you have to download it from that rapidshare site 😀
you can download it as a regular download not as a premium one

WDB2010

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Apr 8, 2011 12:32 AM in response to WDB2010

I think I finally find a compromised solution on my Mac: just turn off Graphic auto-switch. When Graphic auto-switch turned off, no screen freezing suffered any more even when I ran heavy Vbox task.

WDB2010

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Apr 8, 2011 1:13 AM in response to WDB2010

sorry, false report. My Mac has just frozen after hours heavy running.

Phil3345

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Apr 10, 2011 6:52 AM in response to D. Kemper

Dont say that ive ordered 2 custom jobs coming next week.
Thought the update cured it

Grifachu

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Apr 12, 2011 5:14 PM in response to Scott Hurd

So I take it that it is now safe to buy one of these machines now?

Apr 13, 2011 12:44 AM in response to Grifachu

same question here, has the problem been solved?

Phil3345

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Apr 13, 2011 11:24 AM in response to satanxxxs

too late for me mine are coming next weel

Apr 13, 2011 12:03 PM in response to Rensoom

still freezing after 10.6.7 ; itunes is still acting weird, with graphics glitches when full sizing or down sizing the screen. itunes and 11' mbp dont mix

vfortier

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Apr 13, 2011 6:21 PM in response to inchwormdesign

If they changed the logic board, they changed everything, the CPU, the video card...

this is weirder... hope they find it.

shishlik

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Apr 14, 2011 1:12 PM in response to inchwormdesign

How can this be a hardware issue since it doesn't apear in windows?

vfortier

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Apr 14, 2011 4:06 PM in response to sub-xero

As far as I know, the 13 inch was neverpart of the problem.

andyBall_uk

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Apr 15, 2011 12:44 AM in response to Eme

woulda been helpful if they'd tested fully before returning it to you eh.

Apr 29, 2011 9:00 PM in response to grafixjoe

You're like a child that wanders into an adult conversation midway through the conversation.

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